EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 2
APPENDIX E: Minutes of Consultations with the Village Investment Committees 3
List of Tables 4
1.3.3 Environmental Assessment Requirements for Financial Intermediary Loans 3
2.1 International Agreements 4
2.2 Environmental Legislation and Regulations 5
2.3 Other Relevant Laws 6
2.4 Decrees of the President of the Kyrgyz Republic 6
2.5 Norm-setting Documents 7
2.6 Normative documents of other state institutions 8
2.7.1 State Agency for Environmental Protection and Forestry of the Kyrgyz Republic 8
2.7.2 Organizational Structure of the Environmental Protection Department 10
References 41
1. Environmental Legislation Enforcement Guidelines, Procedures, and Policy in the Kyrgyz Republic 1
1.1 Introduction 1
1.2 Laws 2
1.3 Decrees of the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic 3
1.4 Decrees of the President of the Kyrgyz Republic 3
1.5 Norm-setting Documents 4
1.6 Legal normative documents and papers of other state institutions 5
1.7 Technical Documentation 5
1.8 International Agreements 6
1.9 Permitting Procedures and documents in the Kyrgyz Republic 7
1.9.1. Permitting Procedures 7
1.9.2. A list of documents possessing permissive power 9
2. Organizational Structure of the Environmental Protection Department and their Responsibilities on Solving Environmental Problems 9
2.1 State Agency for Environmental Protection and Forestry of the Kyrgyz Republic 10
2.2 Functions of the State Agency for Environmental Protection and Forestry 10
2.2.1On general management: 10
2.2.2In the field of environmental protection: 13
2.2.3 In the field of hydrometeorology 14
2.2.4 In the field of environmental monitoring 14
2.2.5 In the field of environmental control 14
2.3 State Forestry 15
2.4 State bodies accomplishing control over environmental protection, use of natural resources, and ecological safety provision 16
2.4.1 Local state administrations and local self-administration bodies within their jurisdictions: 17
2.4.2 Specially authorized bodies 17
2.4.3 Institutional Supervision Bodies: 17
2.5 Environmental Monitoring Authorities 18
3. Environmental Impact Assessment 20
3.1 Definitions of Environmental Impact Assessment and Ecological Expertise 20
3.2 Environmental Impact Assessment Implementation Bodies 21
3.3 Environmental Impact Assessment 21
3.4 Projects and materials subject to ecological expertise ( e.g. review for potential environmental consequences) 21
3.5 State Ecological Expertise Implementation 22
3.6 Responsibilities of Bodies Implementing State Ecological Expertise 23
3.7 Responsibilities of EIA participants 24
3.8 Environmental requirements considered under Ecological Expertise and EIA 24
3.8.1 Environmental requirements to design, construction, re-construction, and putting into operation of enterprises, installments and other objects (Article 17) 24
3.8.2 Environmental requirements for economic or other activities (Article 18) 25
3.8.3 Environmental requirements to planning and building settlements (Article 19) 25
3.8.4 Environmental requirements to treatment of radioactive materials and chemicals (Article 20) 25
3.8.5 Environmental protection against non-controlled and harmful biological impact (Article 21) 26
3.8.6 Environmental protection against harmful physical impacts (Article 22) 26
3.8.7 Environmental Protection against industrial, household and other waste (Article 23) 26
3.8.8 Environmental requirements for military and defense installations, and military activity (Article 24) 27
3.8.9 Climate and atmospheric ozone layer protection (Article 25) 27
3.8.10 Environmental standardization and certification (Article 26) 28
3.8.11 Environmental issues in privatization (Article 27) 28
3.9 Coordinating State Ecological Expertise Documentation 28
3.10 Decision of State Ecological Expertise 29
3.11 Post-project analysis and control 29
4. Technical Assistance on Environmental Monitoring and Management Capacity Building in the Kyrgyz Republic 29
4.1 Phase 1 30
4.2 Phase 2 30
5. Non-governmental environmental organizations in the Kyrgyz Republic 31
5.1 Environmental NGO Participation in Government Projects 32
5.2 Draft KG Laws Under Discussions 32
References: 33
Attachment 1 34
REQUIREMENTS 34
for EIA Content 34
Attachment 2 35
LIST 35
Of Activity Types subject to EIA 35
Attachment 3 36
LIST 36
of activity types not requiring EIA 36
Appendix C 1
Kyrgyz Republic – Second Village Investment Project: Environmental Training and Capacity Building Plan 1
Target Constituencies 1
OSH OBLAST 1
JALAL-ABAD OBLAST 1
March 15 1
NARYN OBLAST 2
ISSYK-KUL OBLAST 2
Jalal-Abad Oblast 2
Kyrgyz-Kyshtak AO, Chairman 2
Chuy Oblast & Bishkek City 3
Syn-Tash AO, Project Manager 3
“Alga” NGO, Leader 3